archiveJuly 2023

Socio-economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, to drop plan to spend N40 billion on 465 bulletproof cars for members and principal officials, and N70 billion as ‘palliatives’ for new members. SERAP urged them to repeal...

  Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has said that age should not be viewed as a barrier to achieving educational goals, adding that one of the requirements he had to meet in order for his desire to become governor in 2022 to be approved was that he finish his...

The Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology has revealed that the Federal Government has approved 9,000 licensed filling stations for the co-location of Compressed Natural Gas or autogas fuel dispensers. Amid the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, rising to N500 per litre from N189, alternatives are...

A constitutional lawyer, Mr Kayode Ajulo, has urged President Bola Tinubu to align the salaries of judges in Nigeria with that of senators. Ajulo said this in a statement on Monday. He decried the disproportionate remuneration of the judiciary compared to the other two arms of government despite the significance...

The 2023 Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi has reiterated that he was not ready to celebrate his birthday in today’s Nigeria due to the deplorable state of the nation. According to Obi, he made the decision to stop celebrating his birthday about twenty years ago and that he...

  President Bola Tinubu has received intense criticism for warning members of the presidential elections tribunal that removing him as president could lead to a breakdown of law and order in Nigeria. Tinubu admitted his failure to score 25 per cent of votes cast in Nigeria’s capital Abuja but said...

    The World Bank has attributed the frequent building collapse in Lagos State to gaps and loopholes in the permitting process and the use of unqualified professionals in the design and construction of buildings. It also listed the absence of a legally adopted building design code, limited land available...

Nigerian lawyer, Victory Gbakara, has emerged winner of Nigerian Idol Season 8. Gbakara walked away with N100 million grand prize. The 25-year-old walked away with N35 million cash prize with a brand new SUV, one year supply of Bigi drinks, a week gat-away holiday to Cape Town, one year supply...

  Vice President Kashim Shettima has said that military offensives alone could not sustainably resolve the security crisis in the North-West. Rather, he said it would take a mix of kinetic and non-kinetic strategies to restore calm in the troubled region. “Unless we want to engage in an endless war...

The Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) has urged President Bola Tinubu to stop the planned increase in electricity tariff by distribution companies in the country, said to have been proposed to take effect from July 1. The OPC, in a statement by its General Secretary on Sunday, Bunmi Fasehun, described the...